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Three Rivers Conference scheduling a crossover ‘shootout’ event for 2026-27 basketball season · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Three Rivers Conference scheduling a crossover shootout event for twenty
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  twenty six to twenty seven basketball season. Written by Kevin Hieronymous,
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  this article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. While the big change on the
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  is basketball horizon will be the implementation of the thirty
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  five second shot clock, next season, Three Rivers Conference teams
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  and fans will be treated to another new twist. Three
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  Rivers teams will be adding a crossover shootout type event
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  matching the teams from the East and West Divisions at
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  separate sites. In this format, the number one teams in
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  each side will meet, as well as two verses two,
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  three verses three, four verses four, five verses five, and
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  six versus six. The winner of the division leaders would
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  be recognized as the overall Three Rivers Conference champion. It'll
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  be fun want to track champion. Princeton Athletic Director Jeff
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  Olsen said, while there will be some wiggle room to
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  allow teams from playing an opponent they have already played,
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  Olsen said the number one s in both divisions would
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  play no matter what to determine the overall conference champion.
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  The six East Division schools will host the girls' crossover
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  games and the West Division will play host for the boys.
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  The first year, the divisions will flip sites for the
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  second year. The schools may schedule games at more than
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  one level if they choose Olson, said. Princeton girls coach
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  Tiffany Goonighum said, it's a nice addition for Three Rivers basketball.
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  I am excited to have an event that brings the
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  two sides of the conference together. She said. I really
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  commend mister Olson for his work and efforts getting this
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  proposed to the teams in the conference. There is a
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  lot of logistics involved. I think it is something that
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  has been lacking for some time and will really be
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  appreciated by both sides. Hallboys coach Mike Philippini likes the
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  idea of having the crossover event, but moving forward, he'd
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  like to hold it at one location. It would build
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  more attention and excitement for our conference, he said. The
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  crossover event will be held on Saturdays for travel purposes.
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  Olsen said with the girls on February sixth and the
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  boys February thirteenth, every effort must be made to have
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  the all division games played by the Monday Girls and
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  Tuesday Boys of the week of the shootout, so travel
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  can be determined. Had the crossover event been played in
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  twenty twenty five to twenty six, some tie breakers would
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  have needed to be implemented. For the Boys, the matchups
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  would have been one S. Newman or Mendota in the
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  East versus Shirard West, two S. Newman or Mendota versus
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  Oriyan or Riverdale, three s Erie Prophets Town versus Orion
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  A Riverdale, four S Cowoni versus Mercer County or Monmouth Roseville,
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  five S Princeton versus Mercer County or Monmouth Roseville, and
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  six S. Hall versus Rockbridge. For the Girl, the twenty
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  twenty five to twenty six matchups would have been clearcut,
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  with one S. Newman versus Riverdale, two Skwey versus Sherard,
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  three S Princeton versus Mercer County, four s Erie Prophetstown
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  versus Monmouth Roseville, five S. Hall versus Rockridge, and six
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  S Mendota versus Orion,